Romsey Cricket Club
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Stage set for McIntyre semi-finals
The stage is set for McIntyre 1sts semi-finals this weekend, with Woodend clinically defeating Romsey by 165 runs on Saturday to retain top spot, despite an incredible late charge by reigning premier Gisborne to climb out of second place. Two sudden death semi-finals will be played over Saturday and Sunday, with Woodend at home to…
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Big names hit centuries
From a batting viewpoint, three of the outstanding McIntyre Cup players made centuries in the final home and away round on Saturday. Rupertswood skipper Matt Twentyman rescued his side from an early collapse, facing 210 balls and making 148 in a team score of 243 against Sunbury United. This century followed on from his match-winning…
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‘Always in the game’
Sam Alford is a talented and calm 15-year-old who has played the last two games as a specialist wicketkeeper in Romsey’s McIntyre Cup 1sts. He has a long-term ambition of improving his cricketing skills to eventually become a quality ‘keeper-batsman. And what does Sam like so much about standing behind the stumps, waiting for a…
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Brave Macedon fights back
Four wickets to probing off-spinner Corey Day put Romsey well on top of Macedon in their McIntyre Cup clash at Tony Clarke Reserve, but the Cats staged a determined fight back via a sixth-wicket stand of 70 runs. Chasing 7/165 c.c for victory from 45 overs, Romsey never got on top and Macedon grabbed the…
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Vernon 217 n.o, Woodend crash
What a weekend of McIntyre 1sts semi-finals! Gisborne captain-coach Jarryd Vernon hit a masterly 217 not out on Saturday to virtually put Romsey out of the reckoning. And top team Woodend appeared to be cruising, though very slowly, towards a grand final berth before an inexplicable and monumental batting collapse saw the last eight wickets…
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Macedon hang on
Underdogs Macedon showed plenty of resilience to stave off Gisborne’s desperate efforts to win their round 12 McIntyre 1sts match at Gardiner Reserve on Saturday. Rain was Macedon’s initial saviour, with more than half an hour’s play lost, then several of the the Cats’ younger batters “dug in” and at stumps the score was 9/169…
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Romsey in a thriller
Chasing Gisborne’s sizeable 286, Romsey won a thrilling McIntyre Cup match on Saturday as Thomas Boyer hit a boundary with just four balls remaining. Boyer’s 66 not out from just 45 balls was just what the home side needed. Gisborne reduced Romsey to 9/260 with four overs remaining, and it was pace bowler Jamie Taylor…
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Woodend — One Day champs
Woodend Cricket Club convincingly won the inaugural McIntyre Cup One Day Cup on Sunday. Deciding to bat against home side Romsey in the 45 overs per side final, the Woodsmen compiled a healthy 9/200 c.c. Evergreen Warren Else top scored with 59 and gave the innings impetus after several other batters had made a start,…
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Romsey’s hard fight to glory
Bill WestIn one of the best Gisborne District Cricket Association grand finals for many years, Romsey fought tooth and nail to overcome Sunbury United in a tense and absorbing McIntyre Cup grand final spread over Saturday and Sunday. Celebrations in Romsey are likely to be extended, with the club capturing its first McIntyre Cup/A-grade flag…
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Dynamic 167, and a double hat-trick
Bill West A new addition to Romsey’s McIntyre Cup lineup hit a blistering 167 off just 104 balls, with 24 fours and four sixes, on Saturday. This incredible effort from Tim Dale was followed by a double hat-trick from Sunbury Kangaroos paceman Michael Fox – in the last four balls of the Redbacks’ innings he…
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Gisborne premiers
Gisborne chased down Romsey’s 8/144 c.c. to win the McIntyre Cup grand final with 10 balls to spare on Saturday. In a remarkable set of three finals, the Dragons only lost five wickets on their way to their fourth McIntyre Cup title, with skipper Jason Wilson winning the toss all three times and making the…
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Batting for change
Chelsea McCarthy has made a compelling case for Macedon Ranges Shire Council to support what could be the first Romsey junior girls’ cricket side. The 10-year-old put passion to paper in a submission to the council’s budget process seeking funds to kick-start junior girls’ cricket spanning several age groups. “There are already heaps of girls…